Velodyne Puck
Item Numbers
| Description | CPR Item | Sales Kit | Installation Kit, With Fasteners |
|---|---|---|---|
| Velodyne Puck sensor | 011703 | — | — |
| Velodyne Puck sensor, with M12 connector | 020972 | 026859 | 027206 |
| Velodyne Puck sensor, with M12 connector, 90° vertical mounting | 020972 | 026965 | 027222 |
Specifications
| Description | Value |
|---|---|
| Mass | 830 g |
| Voltage, Minimum | 9 V |
| Voltage, Maximum | 18 V |
| Voltage, Sensor | 12 V |
| Power, Average | 8 W |
| Data | Ethernet, 100 Mbit/s |
| Range, Minimum | 0.9 m |
| Range, Maximum | 100 m |
| Range, Accuracy | ±3 cm |
| View, Horizontal | 360° |
| View, Vertical | ±15° |
| Resolution, Horizontal | 0.4° |
| Resolution, Vertical | 2° |
| Ingress Protection, Solids | 6 |
| Ingress Protection, Liquids | 7 |
| Operating Temperature, Min | -10 °C |
| Operating Temperature, Max | 60 °C |
Software Bringup
This sensor is included in the Clearpath Robotics System Image that is installed on all our robots.
This allows you to add or remove the sensor from your robot's software description by changing the environment variables in /etc/ros/setup.bash.
Refer to your robot's Description README file for more details:
- Husky
- Jackal
- Dingo
- Ridgeback
- Warthog
Your robot's Tutorials page describes how the Clearpath Robotics System Image is installed and configured:
- Husky
- Jackal
- Dingo
- Ridgeback
- Warthog
Troubleshooting
Clearpath is committed to your success. Please get in touch with us and we will do our best to get you rolling again quickly: support@clearpathrobotics.com.
To get in touch with a salesperson regarding Clearpath Robotics products, please email research-sales@clearpathrobotics.com.
If you have an issue that is specifically about ROS and is something which may be of interest to the broader community, consider asking it on https://robotics.stackexchange.com. If you do not get a satisfactory response, please ping us and include a link to your question as posted there. If appropriate, we will answer in the ROS Answers context for the benefit of the community.